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Best Practices for Thread Safety

23.10 - Best Practices for Thread Safety

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

What is thread safety?

💡 Hint: Think about how multiple threads interact with shared data.

Question 2 Easy

Give an example of an immutable object in Java.

💡 Hint: Consider data types where instances cannot be modified once created.

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Question 1

What is the primary benefit of immutability in thread safety?

Increased performance
Reduced need for synchronization
Increased complexity

💡 Hint: Think about how changing data can lead to synchronization issues.

Question 2

True or False: All variables in a Java program must be mutable to be useful.

True
False

💡 Hint: Consider the advantages of objects that cannot change state.

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Challenge Problems

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Challenge 1 Hard

Identify and correct thread safety problems in a given code snippet using shared mutable state.

💡 Hint: Ensure that shared resources are only accessed in a controlled manner.

Challenge 2 Hard

Create a small application that implements the producer-consumer pattern using Java's concurrent collections.

💡 Hint: Consider how you’ll manage the lifecycle of threads and ensure resources are cleaned up appropriately.

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